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Dean C. Alexander

Dean C. Alexander

Dean C. Alexander is Director of the Homeland Security Research Program and Professor at the School of Law Enforcement and Justice Administration at Western Illinois University. He is the author of the new book, Family Terror Networks (2019), available at Amazon.com. He is also a valued member of Security’s Editorial Advisory Board.

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American disenchantment and disinformation ushering political violence and fracturing our democracy

Dean C. Alexander
Dean C. Alexander
Natalie Starczowski
November 9, 2022

The threats of violence and violence against political candidates, elected officials, election workers and voters is harmful to the democratic process and to election security.


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Truck convoys as a modality of political protest and potential violence

Dean C. Alexander
Dean C. Alexander
Caden S. Buettner
October 19, 2022

Mobilized-inclined extremists or fringe actors using trucks to block roadways and bridges as a grievance tool may launch vehicle-borne attacks — explosive-laden or otherwise — on a convoy’s target. Learn more about this security risk. 


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Parliaments under attack worldwide — Extremism, riots, vaccine mandates and violence

Dean C. Alexander
Dean C. Alexander
Caden S. Buettner
February 9, 2022

Parliaments, often subject to arson, gunfire, bombings, domestic terrorists, and mobs, are under attack. Recent events, such as the 2021 U.S. Capitol riot, underscore the urgency to recalibrate security measures around legislatures worldwide.


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COVID-19 and perceptions of police: Updated survey results and implications

Dean C. Alexander
Dean C. Alexander
Niyazi Ekici
January 21, 2022

Law enforcement agencies are somewhat overcoming the pandemic through enhanced vigor, particularly as measured by interactions with the public, heightened officers’ onboarding, and expanded staff training.


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COVID-19, anti-vaxxers and moving forward together

Dean C. Alexander
Dean C. Alexander
Caden S. Buettner
November 17, 2021
Dean Alexander and Caden Buettner explore issues related to those who oppose COVID-19 vaccination, spurring fringe science and its believers to conduct threats or undertake violence.
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COVID-19’s effects on police departments in Illinois, Missouri and Ohio

Niyazi Ekici
Dean C. Alexander
Dean C. Alexander
September 14, 2021

As the gravity of COVID-19 was recognized and expanded in the United States, Niyazi Ekici and Dean C. Alexander, professors at Western Illinois University’s School of Law Enforcement and Justice Administration, commenced a research project to gauge the impact of the pandemic on law enforcement agencies. Here's what they found. 


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Mask enforcement amid the COVID-19 pandemic is difficult

The challenge of mask enforcement amid the pandemic

Dean C. Alexander
Dean C. Alexander
Christopher E. Bitner
June 22, 2021

The pandemic has magnified an already fragile psyche among some Americans, whose tendency for violence occurs, incredibly, at the smallest slight. It is likely our nation’s enduring illness of resorting to violence remains with its appending deadly toll even once the health risks from COVID-19 decline.


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Family affiliated extremism and the siege at the U.S. Capitol

Dean C. Alexander
Dean C. Alexander
February 22, 2021

Some 200 individuals have been charged with federal offenses connected to the siege at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Among them are at least 15 examples of family affiliated extremism. These instances include: five sets of husbands and wives; two cases of fathers and sons, mothers and sons, brothers, and cousins; and an instance of father/daughter and brother/sister participation. Although of a different strain and less serious offenses—none specifically terrorism nor involving murder —such kin-connected radicalism is neither a new phenomenon nor one unique to the United States or elsewhere. 


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Sovereign citizens: the threat they present to law enforcement, enterprise security and more

Sovereign citizens: Threats and law enforcement responses

Dean C. Alexander
Dean C. Alexander
December 30, 2020
Anti-government extremists known as sovereign citizens present many domestic threats. Read on to learn more about this homeland security threat, along with key issues security leaders and law enforcement should consider exploring to combat the risks.
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Extremism in the United States: where are the risks and what security enterprises can do regarding extremism

Extremism in the United States in 2021: What’s out there and where are the risks?

Dean C. Alexander
Dean C. Alexander
December 16, 2020

This article discusses extremism in the United States as we close out 2020 and look to 2021. Security professionals can educate themselves on what extremist groups are out there and where the risks lie.


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